There is good news for folks in the Borden and Starlight areas as the “Star Hill Road” project took a step forward last Thursday. In addition to passing a motion to seek financial help for the project from the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention and Tourism Bureau, the commissioners also approved allocating $50,000 to help the project move forward. That $50,000 will be combined with $50,000 that was pledged by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and $50,000 that is being acquired by the Borden Community Development group. Jeff Hunt, who is a member of that group said the funding will be used to finish the final engineering and to work on securing right-of-way.

A unusual run of vehicular accidents in Scott County within less than a 24-hour period injured all of the drivers involved. In each case, the vehicle overturned, officers who covered the mishaps for the Sheriff’s Department noted. The first such accident occurred at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, about 600 feet west of the intersection of State Road 56 and Chipaway Drive west of Scottsburg.

Two Scottsburg women suspected of stealing from the Goodwill BridgePointe Services Inc. store in Scottsburg now face eight charges in Scott Superior Court. Janice F. Chandler, 49, and Samantha Mullins, 33, appeared at their initial court hearings on December 30 before Judge Nicholas South. Each has seven D Class felony charges of theft and a Class A misdemeanor charge of trespass filed against her.

Walking through the huge, beautiful wooden doors of A Step Back, you can instantly tell you are in for something special. Adorning the walls are pictures of time gone by, along with glass cases with heirlooms that have special meaning to families in northern Clark County. A Step Back was originally the schoolhouse in New Washington. The building was built in 1894 and sat vacant for many, many years. Sitting right across the street from The New Washington State Bank on E. Main Street in New Washington, many area residents would drive around the bank parking lot and wonder what would happen to the piece of northern Clark County history.

Doug Hoskins and Lester Sowder, two members of the Delaney Park Board addressed the County Commissioners with their concerns of late bills that they had came across totaling over $20,000 and Sowder believes there are more to come. Jackson County REMC is outstanding for $11,044.48, Jackson Jennings Co-op is $4,251.57 and East Washington Rural Water is $3,260.39 and is currently over drawn at PNC by by $174.00.